Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-04-14

that hereafter the cabinet shall ,neet ele
o'clock on tuesdays and THURSDAY. inv y. u
OF at noon. The change, which onIe
plies to the recess OF congress, is mads "
the purpose OF giving the heads of L..
ments more time during the afternoa,p . y
the consideration OF their mail 'y
ALLISON EXPECTS AN EXTRA syssro.
Senator Allison, chairman of the Ssa.
Appropriation Committee is in the cjtv ~
states that in his judgment an extra , "a. ne
OF Congress IS inevitable. 1t might M
convened untll october, but lie Thought "a
public necessities likely to grow ont NJ ~
accumulation OF surplus in the TreasHt
required assembly of the Fiftieth Com!
at an earlier period. The failure Of tia ~
ticIency, river and harbor and deppnds'.
pension bills prevented the diSbuIseme-.
of some $40, 900, coo which otherwise wgfi
have been placed III circulation. and ttH
might have largely relieved the prosper
strngency in the money market AS mart.
were situated, Senator Allison was ineiS,.
to believe that the financial condition NJ ".
country imperatiyely demanded early eyi.
laton to prevent the surplus from aeenias,
lating too rapidly IN the Treasury.
TIMBER DEPREDATIoNS.
The secretary of the interior has reouas,s,
the encouragement to direct tile pro5s.
United States attorney 10 institute civil lf
against the lumber firm of Short & Piets.
ing, OF Beaver Ark. for the manufacf,roE
value of about S00,000 feet of lumber. bo5,5
measure, alleged to have been purchaset r.
this trm from parties who unlaWtullv IN,
the same from the public lands between tba
1888 and 1886.
q Commissioner Sparks has instrne.ai
Special Agent DOwney. in Montana. lh,t
there must be no interference with the Set'
tiers for taking from public lands wood and
timber necessary for their family ana VI.
tiement uses, but that special agents are ay
pecJed to devote their time and emerge, n
thu presentation OF timber depredatons mn.
on a large scale by mlli-men and cOrporl.
tons.
ADULrERArED BUTTER INVESTIGATED.
la Prof. Wileys forthcoming report Nm
the result of his investigations a. to M
adulteration of batter he will say that niDs
out of every ten scientists who haye ey
pressed an opinion say that property made
OleOmargarine is unObiectionable and whO.4
some. Prof. Wiley'S experiments have been
progressing more than a year. The mat.
ials for the investigation were purchased IN
open market in all parts Of the country m
not more than one-thrd of the cases did The
purchase prove to be an adulteratiOn or I'M.
itation except when something else than
butter was asked for, and the frauduIen
articles were almost uniformly secures
when lower-prced materials were called fOi
Tho adulterated articles usually contained
between 80 and 40 per cent of pure butter
Il e remainder most commonly consisting q
beef fat, lard, and cottonseed oil
UNION PACIFIC SINKING FUNDS
Section of the act passed at the he
session of congress authorizing an inyeStg3
ton OF the methods OF accounts empl0yedby
the bonded Pacific railroad companies po
ylded that the sinking funds already invested
IN United States bonds might be invested IN
first mortgage bonds of the companies Tile
Union and Central Pacific companies r-
Gently applied tnthc treasury department Tor
such investment The question was referred
10 Atty. Gen. Garland, and he has given an
opinion that the secretary of the treasury Is
not authorized to sell the United States
bonds IN which the funIs are now invested
for the purpose of reinvestment in first
m0rtg ge bonds of the company, but thath he
can invest any money paid into the sinking
funds IN pursuance of the Thurman aCtnON
IN the treasury uninyeste,l, or which may in
iuture be paid in, IN any United States bonds
or in any lirSt-nOrtgage bonds of the Union
or Central Pacific Companies.
PROSPECTIVE BOOM
Washington is dreaming Of great prospect
ty The commencement of snip building on
a large scale in Alexandria has been looked
at WIKI envy from this point, but the con-
tracts about to be awarded for a million
dollars worth OF steel for gunmaking con.
coles Washington. The naval gunlactoy
will be at what used to be called the WASH
ington navy-yard, but which was Oct \
changed by order of Secretary Whitney into
an ordnance shop. The plans of the secIe
tary contemplate the establishment during
the next two years here of a factory thatwl
turn out forty of the largest caiiber Stee
guns every year and any quantity of machine
guns and ordnance stores, and that will EN-
ploy about one thousand men, on payroll
Of $4,000 month. Everybody who owns
land in the southern part of the city, or has
a house TO rent in that, at present, railG
shabby and unattlactive locality, is figuring
out what he will be worth when this factor!
Is in full operation.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
4 decision was rendered by the United
States Supreme Court in an important bana.
tax case entitled the Mercantile Natona
Bank of the City of New York against nc
Mayor, Aldermen, and cOnmonaity Of The
City OF New York, and George w. Mclean
Receiver OF Taxes. This is one OF tltQ-
five suits brought by the National banks OF
the City of New York against the munlcIM
authorities OF that city to restrain tie cor
lection of taxes assessed upon the SHARE
of stock OF said banks. The question raise
By the ease is whether or not the system @
laws enforced in the State of New OK j.
in opposition TO Sec. 5,2l9 of the Reylsr
Statutes of the United States, which require
that the taxation of the shares OF NalioAA
banks shall not be at greater rate tllal
assessed upon other mnneyed capital N ug
bands OF individual citizens OF said Stat
This court answers that question IN the Rt-f
tive, and atlirmS he decree of the court yr
low in favor of the State. This is very ll
pOrtant decision TO the State OF New loA
rs taxes to the amount of -, 600 WO are W
yolyed, aud the National-bank stock aneelN
hv il amounts at par value To more tlah ~
100000. A similar decision was rendered !.
the ease Of the National Newark BanNb,
Company against the Mayor and Couln0D
Council OF the City of Newark, y. D.
HAD TO KILL HIM
Indian Commissioner Atkins has rece'Tr
the following letter from Indian Agent -
c. Osborne ut the Ponca, PawneeS, ana
agency Indian Territory.
With profound sense Of regret navy "
report that IN diScharging Yesterday h. ~
Smith. farmer at the OtOe agency I
general bad condu upon the aEencs' p.
chilly because at his unE5yeruab,e rlI.0,
which was continually being turned W'
upm both emp,ut rs and Indians, ] hrl W
kli, him iu sclt-deieuSe. He had rt pea'T,f.
threatened TO Kill the clerk in char@'. ~
Young. Who reported his conduct aai a''t
that hr pe discharged. | Went o. O.o7
explain my reasons for diScharsiH- llhii
hear bus defense, ID he had any 20 paw ''a'
his ~HHu, for hcQudrter, and 70 Ulsm'as 1
While very quietly ami calmly petIoil'.s